Going to JB my iPad when the untethered option is available and starting to get a little impatient Whats taking so long, does it normally take so long after an update before the JB is ready or is there some particular problem with 4.2.1. Not complaining, I understand it must take a lot of work to JB but just wondering if this is a normal wait.

Going to JB my iPad when the untethered option is available and starting to get a little impatient Whats taking so long, does it normally take so long after an update before the JB is ready or is there some particular problem with 4.2.1. Not complaining, I understand it must take a lot of work to JB but just wondering if this is a normal wait.

WOW! Are you serious? Why would people even run this 'tethered jailbreak' and go through all this?

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It's really not that bad. A few reboots when installing JB stuff but in reality it is like an iPhone where you literally never have to turn it off. Just do not be irresponsible with the device and charge it when you can!

It's really not that bad. A few reboots when installing JB stuff but in reality it is like an iPhone where you literally never have to turn it off. Just do not be irresponsible with the device and charge it when you can!

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It is still annoying even reboot is less frequent, especially when after jailbreak you need to install some Cydia software. But more importantly I feel the current JB is still not stable from my experience. I think the untethered JB will also fix many of the bugs in the previous version.

It is still annoying even reboot is less frequent, especially when after jailbreak you need to install some Cydia software. But more importantly I feel the current JB is still not stable from my experience. I think the untethered JB will also fix many of the bugs in the previous version.

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I JB'd with redsnow about 2 weeks ago and have installed lots of apps and tweaks and I have never had to reboot or run redsnow since.

But how often would the average user need to do this ? Personally I haven't had to yet.

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A lot of people like to install Winterboard for themes, which uses mobile substrate. SBSettings and Activator are other commonly used JB apps that use mobile substrate. In fact, I'd say features that use mobile substrate are the reason I jailbreak. Obviously, your mileage does vary.

A lot of people like to install Winterboard for themes, which uses mobile substrate. SBSettings and Activator are other commonly used JB apps that use mobile substrate. In fact, I'd say features that use mobile substrate are the reason I jailbreak. Obviously, your mileage does vary.

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Thanks for clarifying, I knew about this but not specifically what apps used MS.

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